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72 bills referred in the 109th Congress
1,727 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 201. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.
Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th
Served in the 109th Congress
Members, 109th Congress 41
Everyone who held a seat in the 109th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.
| Seat | Member | Role |
|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Jim Nussle | Chair |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Ranking Member |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | |
| R-IN | Chris Chocola | |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | |
| R-KS | Jim Ryun | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | |
| R-CA | John Campbell | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | |
| R-MO | Kenny C. Hulshof | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson |
Record
Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 109th Congress.
Newest activity first. In the 109th Congress.
| Bill | Title | Referral | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6426 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for a sequestration on December 31, 2009, to eliminate the actual budget deficit for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes. | Referred To | Dec 8, 2006 |
| HR 6201 | Budget and Transparency Act | Referred To | Sep 27, 2006 |
| HR 6040 | Accountable Budgeting Commission Act of 2006 | Referred To | Sep 7, 2006 |
| HR 6024 | Biennial Budgeting Act of 2006 | Referred To | Jul 28, 2006 |
| HR 5766 | Government Efficiency Act of 2006 | Discharged From | Jul 24, 2006 |
| HR 5859 | CORE Spending Act | Referred To | Jul 20, 2006 |
| HR 5813 | Department of Homeland Security Management and Operations Improvement Act of 2006 | Referred To | Jul 17, 2006 |
| HR 5818 | Currency Overhaul for an Industrious Nation (COIN) Act | Referred To | Jul 17, 2006 |
The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 109th Congress.
| Hearing | Title | Held |
|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-20 | How Budgetary Choices Affect Work, Saving, and Growth: the Real Purpose of Dynamic Estimating | Sep 13, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-19 | Line-Item Veto Constitutional Issues | Jun 8, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-18 | Line-Item Veto: Perspectives on Applications and Effects | May 25, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-17 | Key Budget Process Reforms | Mar 16, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-16 | Department of Defense Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2007 | Mar 1, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-15 | The President's Fiscal Year 2007 Discretionary Budget Performance | Feb 16, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-14 | Domestic Entitlements and the Federal Budget | Feb 15, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-13 | Members' Day | Feb 14, 2006 |
The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 109th Congress.
| Report | Title | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| H. Rept. 109-750 | ACTIVITIES and SUMMARY REPORT of the COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES One Hundred Ninth Congress (Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d)) | Jan 2, 2007 |
| H. Rept. 109-505,Part 1 | Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 | Jun 16, 2006 |
| H. Rept. 109-402 | Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2007 | Mar 31, 2006 |
| H. Rept. 109-276 | Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 | Nov 7, 2005 |
| H. Rept. 109-17 | Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2006 | Mar 11, 2005 |
By Congress
The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.
| Congress | Members | Bills referred | Reported | Became law | Reports | Meetings | Printed hearings | Communications | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th2025–2026, sitting | 37 | 153 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 118th2023–2024 | 39 | 178 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 117th2021–2022 | 41 | 199 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 116th2019–2020 | 37 | 201 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 2 |
| 115th2017–2018 | 37 | 121 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 114th2015–2016 | 40 | 142 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 113th2013–2014 | 44 | 167 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 9 | — | 4 |
| 112th2011–2012 | 39 | 174 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 28 | — | 4 |
| 111th2009–2010 | 44 | 126 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 32 | — | 4 |
| 110th2007–2008 | 42 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 44 | — | 3 |
| 109th2005–2006 | 41 | 72 | 4 | 7 | 5 | — | 20 | — | 0 |
| 108th2003–2004 | 44 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | 26 | — | 3 |
| 107th2001–2002 | 46 | 68 | 4 | 6 | 5 | — | 35 | — | 2 |
Membership changes 9
Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 109th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.
| Date | Member | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2006 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL | Resigned from the committee | Congressional Record, H164 |
| Feb 8, 2006 | John Campbell R-CA | Joined | H.Res. 671 |
| May 17, 2005 | Chris Chocola R-IN | Joined | H.Res. 281 |
| Feb 9, 2005 | Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA | Joined | H.Res. 74 |
| Feb 8, 2005 | Michael K. Simpson R-ID | Joined | H.Res. 68 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | Roger F. Wicker R-MS | Joined | H.Res. 64 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL | Joined | H.Res. 64 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | Ander Crenshaw R-FL | Joined | H.Res. 64 |
| Feb 2, 2005 | Ron Kind D-WI | Joined | H.Res. 62 |
Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.